On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 08:44:41PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi> wrote:
> > Add missing_ok option to the SQL functions for reading files.
> >
> > This makes it possible to use the functions without getting errors, if there
> > is a chance that the file might be removed or renamed concurrently.
> > pg_rewind needs to do just that, although this could be useful for other
> > purposes too. (The changes to pg_rewind to use these functions will come in
> > a separate commit.)
> >
> > The read_binary_file() function isn't very well-suited for extensions.c's
> > purposes anymore, if it ever was. So bite the bullet and make a copy of it
> > in extension.c, tailored for that use case. This seems better than the
> > accidental code reuse, even if it's a some more lines of code.
>
> This has been done done as the part of a fix for the issues with
> pg_rewind, but perhaps it should be mentioned in the release notes?
Yes, I will pick up that change during the creation of the 9.6 release
notes.
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